Abstract

DUARTE, Thais Lemos. Vacuum in Power? Reflections on the Spread of the Primeiro Comando da Capital throughout Brazil. Revista Crítica de Ciências Sociais [online]. 2020, n.122, pp.77-96. ISSN 2182-7435.  https://doi.org/10.4000/rccs.10663.

The article aims to discuss the point of view of managers of the federal prison administration on the factors that brought about the spread of the criminal group Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC) throughout Brazil and the effects of this movement within the prison systems of individual states. Many understand the process as a result of the “absence” of the State in the formulation of public policies and the guarantee of rights. The organization would thus have been the result of power vacuums. On the other hand, there are some points of dissonance in this kind of view, which point out that groups like PCC would have stemmed from actions of the State. The visions are in dispute, corresponding to distinct understandings of the very nature of the State itself.

Keywords : Brazil; organized crime; penal system; power relations; State intervention.

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